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MYOG store
I understand that BPL is not really set up for it. Thats why I thought it was just a possibility but so far the responses sound good. Something like Amazon would also be a really great idea. ...

In Make Your Own Gear » Gear store
October 21, 7:26pm

Gear store
It's been on my mind for a while but I thought I might say something and see what others say. Of late we have seen a surge in the numbers of people willing/ wanting to make their own gear. This...

In Make Your Own Gear » Gear store
October 21, 6:59am

It's me
It sure is me. I changed my name to my actual name rather than the name I originally gave to BPL. I didn't realise it was so easy otherwise I would have done it earlier. As for your descriptio...

In Make Your Own Gear » Home made kit.
October 21, 3:11am

Silk
Hi Bill I just noticed all your post on other sites forums. I have a lot of reading to do now. Just wondering if the silk in this photo is the one you mentioned above.

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Notes from the Field: SuperUltraLight Hammocking on the Black Forest Trail in Pennsylvania
October 20, 9:38pm

instruments
I am glad I don't have to carry around a piano. I could never get into it, having the keys out in from of me like that is too abstract. I just weighed my uke and it comes up at 14.5oz . Not ...

In Make Your Own Gear » Home made kit.
October 20, 8:56pm

Hikers banjo
OK so this isnt really a hikers model but with a shortened scale length (mine is a pete seeger style long neck , 32.25") perhaps a 25" which is quite normal and a smaller biscuit tin (mine is 13" ...

In Make Your Own Gear » Home made kit.
October 20, 4:50am

Pertex quantum
Anyone know where I can purchase just a few yards (2 - 3) of pertex quantum? Is it worth me asking whether BPL has any roll ends lying about? I have a link for one store in the UK but they are ou...

In Make Your Own Gear » Home made kit.
October 20, 3:57am

Mesh pockets.
I was just thinking that myself Bill. I bought a few yards of the oxford that GVP uses specifically to make a thru-hike worthy pack. I also got my samples package from cuben a few weeks back and ...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Notes from the Field: SuperUltraLight Hammocking on the Black Forest Trail in Pennsylvania
October 19, 8:45am

Excellent topic
This is a really good topic. I don't own a GPS and dont intend to until we thru-hike in '07. I see people using these things all the time when they are hiking and I often think to myself "what wou...

In Editor's Roundtable » On Going Mapless in a Digital World: Engagement, Simplicity, and the Art of Real-Time Navigation
October 19, 12:28am

Ultralight shorts
I was just thinking this myself. I just recvd about 5yds of white 1.1oz nylon from thru-hiker that I was going to use for a quilt before I found some lighter stuff. I wondered why no-one had ment...

In GEAR » ultralight shorts
October 12, 6:39am

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